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...After exposing 42 common drugs to blast and radiation during the 1953 Nevada A-bomb tests, the Food & Drug Administration released its findings: all the drugs were unharmed except two-insulin suffered a 10% loss of potency. Vitamin B a loss of 50%. Added the FDA: any drug found in an undamaged container, 1,000 yards or more from ground zero, can be considered safe for immediate...
Died. Sir Edward Mellanby, 70, British authority on nutrition, onetime (1933-49) secretary of Britain's Medical Research Council, discoverer (in 1918) of Vitamin D; of coronary thrombosis; in London. In 1946 Sir Edward proved that Agene, the bleaching and aging agent once used in 80% of U.S. white flour, was injurious to the brains of animals and possibly of humans; was chiefly responsible for its banning by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration...
...cherry-like fruit of the acerola (Malpighia punicifolia), a common tree in Puerto Rico, is an enormously rich source of vitamin C, the A.M.A. reported. The juice assays up to 80 times as high as orange juice. Puerto Ricans are encouraged to plant the fast-growing acerola in their backyards, and exports of the juice are expected to help revitaminize the island's economy...
...times when baby is "off his feed," Dr. Lawson saw nothing to worry about in most cases: "The prescription of tonics and elaborate vitamin mixtures serves only as a crutch and evades the real issue. Usually, these incidents reflect the mother's anxiety more than anything wrong with the child...
...orange juice went on sale in waxed-paper cartons as a new competitor of frozen orange juice. A new process developed by Golden Gift, Inc., De Land, Fla., bombards the fresh juice with ultraviolet rays to halt bacteria and enzyme growth without adding preservatives, keeps orange juice fresh, with vitamin C content unchanged, up to two weeks in household refrigerators. Price: 35? a quart...